The Great Wilderness Canon folded in and fell silent, its mechanism of millennial reset quietly imprinting upon the formless framework of the Heavenly Dao. The aftershocks of the Three Teachings' flourishing Dao Charm washed like a gentle tide, silently nourishing the foundations of the Primordial World and soothing the hidden scars of the Tribulation. Nezha held the Heavenly Book of Dao-Slaying, which radiated an equally introverted Chaos Dao Charm, standing at the blurred boundary between Guixu and the Primordial World. Beneath his feet, the Wind and Fire Wheels were cold and hard, like two heavy blocks of stubborn iron. He gazed toward the Primordial World, where the sun—transformed from the monkey's left eye—constantly emitted a warm radiance, illuminating mountains and rivers gradually recovering their vitality. Yet beneath this vitality lay the heavy weight of Yang Jian sealing the firmament with his monument, the eternity of the Xiaotian Hound sealing Guixu with the lotus, the silent imprisonment of the treasure ship by Luohou's chains, and, most of all, the Tribulation timing markings buried deep within the Ley Lines, slowly circulating like parasitic maggots. The framework of protection was established, but the shadow of destiny had never truly dissipated.
Across the four seas of the Primordial World, the aftermath of the tribulation was gradually subsiding. Deep within the East Sea Dragon Palace, the Sea-Pacifying Divine Needle—that pillar touching the heavens that…
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